Why Busing Failed: Race, Media, and the National Resistance to School Desegregation Volume 42

by Matthew F. Delmont

Book Overview

In the decades after the landmark Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision, busing to achieve school desegregation became one of the nation's most controversial civil rights issues. Why Busing Failed is the first book to examine the pitched battles over busing on a national scale, focusing on cities such as Boston, Chicago, New York, and Pontiac, Michigan. This groundbreaking book shows how school officials, politicians, the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520284259
• ISBN13: 9780520284258
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"